ABSTRACT
Events are things that happen, occur or take place: items such as Contador’s victory, Cavendish’s crash on Stage 1, and the playing of the Spanish national anthem at the victory ceremony. Events are things that happen, occur or take place: items such as Contador’s victory, Cavendish’s crash on Stage 1, and the playing of the Spanish national anthem at the victory ceremony. But this is not the only relevant point of difference between events and facts. According to Davidson, events are particulars, i.e. datable, locatable, unrepeatable entities, that are structureless in the sense that they may be referred to by nominals which make reference to different properties and particulars. Some philosophers have questioned the claim that states of affairs are best placed to be truthmakers, on the grounds that there is another category of entity that is at least as well qualified for the job: tropes.
